Art projects with Babyboo have been pretty limited, due to the fact that she CANNOT RESIST PUTTING EVERYTHING INTO HER MOUTH. We made it through one finger painting session without eating the paint. Now she’s finally getting a little better about not eating everything I hand her, so we finally ventured out to ice art!…

If you’re like me then with each new baby announcement came a flood of hand-me-down baby clothes. Okay, with a thrift store in the family and a reputation for being, um, frugal, I may have gotten a little more than the average new mom. But when those nesting instincts kick in and maternity leave begins…

Natural salve and balm recipes can seem rather straight-forward, but liquid-to-solid alchemy can play tricks on us. Some lessons are only learned with time and wasted ingredients, so here I’ll share with you my successes and failures spanning my six years of salve making. First, lets start with the oil infusion. This is what you…

This week we’ll be dealing with the herbal alchemy of transforming a liquid oil infusion into a solid salve. Be sure to check outÂ last weeks blogÂ about oil infusions if you haven’t done so already. Every good salve must start with a good oil infusion. The main thing to keep in mind when making a salve…

I have been wanting a set of these for the boys and my childcare kids to play with. They can be used to create costumes for play acting, toting treasures, carrying dolls and more. At 36×36 inches they are fairly large and have many many uses. The other size I like is the 108×54 inch…

If there are only a few things that you take away from my craft posts, then let them be this: we love playing, getting messy, and doing it without spending money. It was cold outside, Coco was bored, and I was grumpy. I knew whatever we did it would have to be simple and something…

As a Christmas present to an old Italian grandmother, my hubby and I decided to get her a pasta board. A special board just for making pasta? It seemed like a superfluous kitchen tool until I began making the pasta myself. I realized that a) the sheets of dough takes up a lot of room…

Four years ago, I was walking through Whole Foods Marketplace to pick up a small container of natural laundry detergent. I don’t know how many times I have been taken aback by theexpense. Being a new mom with no job, I had to cut corners everywhere I could. I would think of my laundry pile…

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